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  2. Arc diagram - Wikipedia

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    The Farey diagram of any set of rational numbers is a planar graph, and the Farey diagram of the set of all rational numbers forms a tessellation of the hyperbolic plane by ideal triangles. [16] Arc diagrams or circuit diagrams are commonly used in studying folded biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids (DNAs, RNAs). Biopolymers are ...

  3. Pulsed plasma thruster - Wikipedia

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    A pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), also known as a Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR), or as a plasma jet engine (PJE), is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion. [1] PPTs are generally considered the simplest form of electric spacecraft propulsion and were the first form of electric propulsion to be flown in space, having flown on two Soviet probes ...

  4. Volcanic arc - Wikipedia

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    A volcanic arc (also known as a magmatic arc [1]: 6.2 ) is a belt of volcanoes formed above a subducting oceanic tectonic plate, [2] with the belt arranged in an arc shape as seen from above. Volcanic arcs typically parallel an oceanic trench , with the arc located further from the subducting plate than the trench.

  5. Glow discharge - Wikipedia

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    In an arc discharge, electrons leave the cathode by thermionic emission and field emission, and the gas is ionized by thermal means. [1] Below the breakdown voltage there is little to no glow and the electric field is uniform. When the electric field increases enough to cause ionization, the Townsend discharge starts.

  6. Arcjet rocket - Wikipedia

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    An arcjet rocket or arcjet thruster is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, in which an electrical discharge is created in a flow of propellant [1] [2] (typically hydrazine or ammonia).

  7. Back-arc basin - Wikipedia

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    Not all subduction zones have back-arc basins; some, like the central Andes, are associated with rear-arc compression. There are a number of extinct or fossil back-arc basins, such as the Parece Vela-Shikoku Basin, Sea of Japan, and Kurile Basin. Compressional back-arc basins are found, for example, in the Pyrenees and the Swiss Alps. [17]

  8. Reflex arc - Wikipedia

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    A reflex arc, then, is the pathway followed by nerves which (a.) carry sensory information from the receptor to the spinal cord, and then (b.) carry the response generated by the spinal cord to effector organs during a reflex action. The pathway taken by the nerve impulse to accomplish a reflex action is called the reflex arc.

  9. Vacuum arc remelting - Wikipedia

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    Vacuum arc remelting (VAR) is a secondary melting process for production of metal ingots with elevated chemical and mechanical homogeneity for highly demanding applications. [1] The VAR process has revolutionized the specialty traditional metallurgical techniques industry, and has made possible tightly controlled materials used in biomedical ...